'10 Minute Tip' by Adrian Spurrell - Civic Leadership expert - 8am to 10am
Adrian Spurrell has been working successfully in leadership and management development for over 25 years. Adrian specifically focuses on attitudinal and behavioural change. Adrian’s work experience is extensive and includes a wide variety of sectors including the third sector, local and central government, financial services, engineering and pharmaceuticals. Adrian has worked successfully with organisations of all sizes from small family run businesses through to major multi-national corporations.
Adrian has a strong background in finance and business having worked in a bank for 9 years. Adrian can provide a robust and challenging pragmatism to his work while leaving room for people to change and therefore excel. Adrian has a passionate curiosity around business models. Adrian’s primary focus is on helping the people he works with identify the actions they need to take and the changes they need to make in order to achieve their personal aspirations and deliver the goals of their organisation.
Adrian and Freddie Guilmard launched The Red Thread Fellowship in 2015. The Red Thread Partnership is an organisation development consultancy specialising in Leadership development, Team development, Engagement and Organisational and cultural change.
You would engage with Adrian and Freddie at Red Thread in the following circumstances.
- Morale is low
- Your business is facing new market pressures
- Your culture is getting in the way of success
- You want everyone to engage with a new strategy
- Your business model isn’t working
- One or two divisions are under- performing
- You just want to get better
But the real reason you’ll need Adrian and Freddie is because you are as passionate about your people as Red Thread are and you want them to do what they enjoy doing best even better.Let’s make that happen together.
About the conversation:
No Business is an Island
Civic Leadership – what does it mean for you.
As a business leader, alongside running your business, you have a responsibility to the communities where your business is located and your employees live. Investing energy in helping those communities will make sense for you commercially too.Allowing your colleagues to spend some of their work time volunteering helps to develop them and therefore brings value back into your business. It also helps your community. Sadly, most business owners don’t put in place the opportunity for the business to take full advantage of this learning and development.
Many talented young people today want to work for a business that is about so much more than just about making money. So, supporting your community will benefit your recruitment and improve your brand reputation to attract the best talent.
You'll discover that working with volunteers will give you powerful insights that will improve your business. Post pandemic organisations are going to be working very differently and those insights gained from working within your community will help your business to stand out and succeed.
You can't afford not to do it!
